Salary
💰 $60,000 - $65,000 per year
About the role
- Develop fact-based category reviews, business updates/reviews and selling stories
- Present business updates/reviews to client, clearly articulating trends and recommendations to optimize strategic planning and selling efforts
- Develop and deliver account presentations relative to new items, share of shelf, and/or efficient assortment
- Create, maintain and perfect analytical tools, reporting and resources leveraged against the client
- Improve methodology related to reporting, analysis, identifying distribution voids and quantifying opportunity gaps
- Analyze shopper and consumer information and develop recommended actions based on insights
- Track, monitor and provide actionable feedback on distribution & sales trends
- Utilize Kroger systems (POS & shopper behavior), syndicated data, and consumer research to develop fact-based analysis and business reviews
- Conduct promotional planning support via in-depth retailer-specific analysis
- Work with the Business Managers to manage the distribution priorities throughout Kroger and determine key opportunities
- Evaluate effectiveness of programs and communicate strategy and best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, or Psychology plus 1+ years CPG industry sales or retailer-facing category management experience
- Working knowledge of Kroger systems (Market 6/OnDemand & 84.51 Stratum); pulling and manipulating the datasets
- Experience in selling story development, category reviews & knowledge of category management principles
- Advanced analytical, Excel & PowerPoint skills
- Have curiosity, have a detective-like mentality to find the root cause of a problem
- 16 days of PTO
- 11 paid company holidays per year
- 2 paid volunteer days per year
- 3 months fully paid parental leave (regardless of gender)
- Medical, dental, and vision
- Paid company life insurance
- 401k with company match
- Summer hours (half day Fridays from Memorial Day thru Labor Day)
- Work from home flexibility
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
analytical toolsreportingdata analysiscategory managementselling story developmentExcelPowerPointpromotional planningconsumer researchdistribution analysis
Soft skills
communicationcuriosityproblem-solvingstrategic planningpresentation skillsarticulation of trendsactionable feedbackdetective-like mentalitycollaborationorganizational skills